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Sinead Butler
Oct 14, 2021
Jonah Hill has kindly requested for people to “not comment” on his body in a bid to support body positivity.
The actor made the plea on Wednesday via Instagram to his 3.1m followers to address comments being made by the public about his appearance.
Posting a simple note on his feed, the 37-year-old wrote: “I know you mean well but I kindly ask that you not comment on my body, he added: “good or bad, I want to politely let you know it’s not helpful and doesn’t feel good. Much respect.”
Hill’s post has been received positively and has received over 400,000 likes, along with thousands of comments from fans and fellow celebrities in support of his message.
His sister and fellow actor Beanie Feldstein commented: “THATS MY BROTHER,” with a series of applause emojis.
While body positivity influencer, Alex Light wrote: “How you look is the least interesting thing about you/all of us. Society needs to wake up and realise this.”
Popstar SZA also praised Hill and replied: “Absolutely love you. Thank you!!”
“LOUDER,” plus-size model Tess Holliday added, with a series of emojis of a person speaking.
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Meanwhile, fans of the star took to Twitter show share their love for Hill and his message but also pointed out how bad is that it’s gotten to a point where the actor has to tell people directly to stop.
jonah hill posted this on IG and it’s both very true and very sad that he needed to say it https://t.co/DtMRqxDmrV— Marisa Kabas (@Marisa Kabas) 1634166910
YES JONAH HILL EXACTLY https://t.co/Ymj0kzJgRr— laura ✨ (@laura ✨) 1634184874
jonah hill forever an icon https://t.co/YHoMrsHPiv— all my jeffs gone (@all my jeffs gone) 1634167058
The fact that Jonah Hill has to post this is terrible https://t.co/uDBVmUBjX2— Kacy (@Kacy) 1634163507
To whoever made Jonah Hill feel bad, it’s on sight. https://t.co/SvuvvtPCvf— manda @ #Sundance2022 (@manda @ #Sundance2022) 1634161508
I feel like Jonah Hill has asked his fans to stop commenting on his body multiple times before. Don’t know why he h… https://t.co/2Gk7l31549— nae. (@nae.) 1634183748
the fact that y’all made jonah hill insecure enough about his body that he had to make an instagram post saying NOT… https://t.co/VcFJvS5nI2— calvin (derogatory) (@calvin (derogatory)) 1634169507
I love that Jonah Hill is giving some clap back, basically telling everyone to stfu about his body for once. It’s o… https://t.co/YY1Ar3D7dW— iloura (@iloura) 1634190898
It’s not the first time the Wolf of Wall Street actor has received support over his candidness in regards to how people talk about his appearance.
Back in February, Hill gave an honest response to a Daily Mail article about him which included photos of him on a surfing trip that was viewed as an attempt to body shame the actor.
In his response, he admitted to not taking his shirt off in a pool until he was in his mid-thirties.
“Probably would have happened sooner if my childhood insecurities weren’t exacerbated by years of public mockery about my body by press and interviewers,” Hill explained in the post at the time.
In August this year, the 21 Jump Street star proudly shared a photo of his new tattoo which promotes self-love and body positivity.
The orange and black inking was inspired by the logo for Body Glove, a water sports apparel company, which he changed to read: “Body Love.”